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  "id": 5256475,
  "title": "Africa: Global Initiative Launched to Improve Access to Mpox Vaccines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/africa-global-initiative-launched-to-improve-access-to-mpox-vaccines",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-03T05:38:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609030065.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A global initiative has been launched to establish a stockpile of mpox vaccines, with the aim of ensuring countries have timely and equitable access to vaccines for outbreak response. The new global mpox vaccine stockpile, which is set to begin operations later this month, was approved by the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in 2025 and is funded by Gavi and coordinated by the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision. The ICG partners include the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The initiative builds on the Access and Allocation Mechanism established in 2024 during the last mpox Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and will help contain mpox outbreaks more quickly, prevent severe illness and save lives.",
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        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "Africa: Global Initiative Launched to Improve Access to Mpox Vaccines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/africa-global-initiative-launched-to-improve-access-to-mpox-vaccines-5261725",
        "published": "2026-09-03T05:38:46.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}